Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 65 75
Rank change year-on-year -31 +10 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,851 1,964 3,296
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 4.09% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 4.50% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 989 2,461
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,764 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71,870 43,651 85,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.67% 90.86% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 49,673 24,244 60,243
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 7 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 7 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 1,652 £75,000 +3.45% 759
UK excluding London -65 959 £65,000 -7.14% 612
Work from Home -21 839 £65,000 -7.14% 2,053
London -8 745 £85,000 +3.03% 294
North of England -36 362 £69,310 -3.72% 163
South East -17 258 £65,000 -7.14% 170
North West -50 198 £75,000 +7.14% 82
South West -64 102 £52,500 -23.39% 66
Midlands -60 95 £65,000 -3.70% 77
North East +19 83 £65,000 +18.18% 28
Yorkshire -19 81 £62,500 -13.79% 53
West Midlands -40 67 £77,500 +10.71% 48
East of England -19 50 £60,100 -3.84% 39
Wales -22 43 £70,000 +34.62% 29
Scotland -69 29 £60,000 -23.87% 41
East Midlands -59 27 £64,000 +6.67% 29
Northern Ireland -32 22 £62,500 +25.00% 32
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 2

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (1.73%) Confluence
2 25 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.86%) Apache
3 16 (0.86%) CMS
3 16 (0.86%) IIS
4 10 (0.54%) JBoss
5 9 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.38%) Camunda
6 7 (0.38%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 6 (0.32%) WordPress
8 5 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.27%) Drupal
9 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.16%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.16%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.16%) Kentico
10 3 (0.16%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.65%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.32%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 987 (53.32%) AWS
2 817 (44.14%) Azure
3 333 (17.99%) GCP
4 268 (14.48%) Serverless
5 217 (11.72%) GitHub
6 182 (9.83%) SaaS
7 160 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
8 128 (6.92%) AWS Lambda
9 112 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
10 108 (5.83%) Amazon S3
11 98 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 91 (4.92%) GitHub Copilot
13 86 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 77 (4.16%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (3.51%) Azure AKS
17 59 (3.19%) Amazon SQS
17 59 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
18 51 (2.76%) PaaS
19 48 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.46%) Broadband
2 24 (1.30%) Network Security
3 13 (0.70%) DMARC
4 12 (0.65%) MQTT
5 11 (0.59%) DNS
6 9 (0.49%) Internet
7 8 (0.43%) AMQP
7 8 (0.43%) Firewall
7 8 (0.43%) Hyperconnected
7 8 (0.43%) VPN
8 7 (0.38%) DHCP
9 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.32%) HTTP
9 6 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.27%) LTE
10 5 (0.27%) RFID
11 3 (0.16%) Modbus
12 2 (0.11%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.11%) SNMP
12 2 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (16.10%) MongoDB
2 209 (11.29%) PostgreSQL
3 202 (10.91%) NoSQL
4 166 (8.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 162 (8.75%) Elasticsearch
6 118 (6.37%) MySQL
7 94 (5.08%) SQL Server
8 84 (4.54%) Relational Database
9 56 (3.03%) Redis
10 52 (2.81%) DynamoDB
11 48 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.62%) Big Data
13 23 (1.24%) BigQuery
13 23 (1.24%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.65%) Pinecone
15 11 (0.59%) Db2
15 11 (0.59%) DTS
16 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
17 8 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 217 (11.72%) Git
2 175 (9.45%) GitLab
3 145 (7.83%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.13%) TeamCity
5 55 (2.97%) JIRA
6 51 (2.76%) JUnit
7 43 (2.32%) Cucumber
8 32 (1.73%) Claude Code
9 31 (1.67%) Mockito
10 30 (1.62%) Cypress.io
11 28 (1.51%) Maven
12 27 (1.46%) CircleCI
13 20 (1.08%) Selenium
14 18 (0.97%) SonarQube
15 15 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 15 (0.81%) JMeter
15 15 (0.81%) Vite
16 13 (0.70%) Postman
17 12 (0.65%) REST Assured
18 11 (0.59%) Spock
General
1 463 (25.01%) Finance
2 322 (17.40%) Social Skills
3 180 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 160 (8.64%) Banking
5 112 (6.05%) Retail
6 107 (5.78%) Law
7 100 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 98 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (2.97%) Financial Institution
10 49 (2.65%) Back Office
11 33 (1.78%) Legal
12 31 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.46%) Marketing
14 25 (1.35%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.30%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.97%) Advertising
16 18 (0.97%) Games
17 17 (0.92%) Legal Technology
18 16 (0.86%) Billing
19 13 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 680 (36.74%) Developer
2 429 (23.18%) Senior
3 356 (19.23%) Software Engineer
4 272 (14.69%) Lead
5 252 (13.61%) Architect
6 203 (10.97%) .NET Developer
7 146 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
8 145 (7.83%) Java Developer
9 133 (7.19%) Senior Developer
10 127 (6.86%) Java Engineer
11 117 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
12 101 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
13 100 (5.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 89 (4.81%) Principal Engineer
15 77 (4.16%) Software Developer
16 69 (3.73%) Lead Developer
17 67 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
18 53 (2.86%) Lead Software Engineer
19 52 (2.81%) Senior Java Engineer
20 51 (2.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 493 (26.63%) .NET
2 420 (22.69%) React
3 418 (22.58%) Node.js
4 304 (16.42%) Spring
5 282 (15.24%) Spring Boot
6 274 (14.80%) RESTful
7 243 (13.13%) REST
8 227 (12.26%) ASP.NET
9 216 (11.67%) .NET Core
10 215 (11.62%) Kafka
11 204 (11.02%) AngularJS
12 192 (10.37%) Vue
13 188 (10.16%) ASP.NET Core
14 111 (6.00%) ASP.NET Web API
15 103 (5.56%) Blazor
16 102 (5.51%) .NET Framework
17 90 (4.86%) HTML
18 84 (4.54%) CSS
19 82 (4.43%) gRPC
20 70 (3.78%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 563 (30.42%) Cloud Native
2 312 (16.86%) Distributed Systems
3 127 (6.86%) Product Ownership
4 91 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
5 80 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.49%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.43%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 37 (2.00%) Public Cloud
11 35 (1.89%) AI Agents
12 29 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.51%) e-Learning
14 27 (1.46%) Data Structures
15 26 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
16 25 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
17 24 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
17 24 (1.30%) Virtual Team
18 21 (1.13%) Mobile App
19 18 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 112 (6.05%) Linux
2 46 (2.49%) Windows
3 20 (1.08%) Unix
4 16 (0.86%) CentOS
4 16 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.32%) Debian
5 6 (0.32%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.22%) AIX
7 3 (0.16%) Android
7 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 940 (50.78%) CI/CD
2 855 (46.19%) Agile
3 668 (36.09%) DevOps
4 665 (35.93%) Software Engineering
5 540 (29.17%) Full-Stack Development
6 427 (23.07%) Containerisation
7 424 (22.91%) Mentoring
8 382 (20.64%) Test Automation
9 381 (20.58%) Event-Driven
10 366 (19.77%) AI
11 356 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
12 348 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 312 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
14 269 (14.53%) Scrum
15 237 (12.80%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 237 (12.80%) Technical Leadership
16 235 (12.70%) TDD
17 206 (11.13%) Clean Code
18 205 (11.08%) Coaching
19 198 (10.70%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 606 (32.74%) Java
2 490 (26.47%) C#
3 478 (25.82%) SQL
4 452 (24.42%) Python
5 428 (23.12%) JavaScript
6 351 (18.96%) TypeScript
7 119 (6.43%) Go
8 49 (2.65%) Scala
9 43 (2.32%) C++
9 43 (2.32%) PHP
9 43 (2.32%) Ruby
10 41 (2.22%) Bash
11 26 (1.40%) PowerShell
12 25 (1.35%) Bicep
13 24 (1.30%) C
13 24 (1.30%) Rust
14 15 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.65%) Groovy
15 12 (0.65%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 234 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 172 (9.29%) Degree
3 156 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.40%) AWS Certification
6 50 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (1.24%) CISSP
9 20 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.70%) DBS Check
12 12 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.49%) PhD
14 8 (0.43%) CISM
15 6 (0.32%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.32%) MBA
15 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.27%) GIAC
16 5 (0.27%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (8.00%) QA
2 63 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 41 (2.22%) GDPR
4 38 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.40%) WCAG
6 24 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 23 (1.24%) SOC 2
8 22 (1.19%) NIST
9 16 (0.86%) NCSC
10 15 (0.81%) GRC
11 10 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.27%) SEPA
16 4 (0.22%) Data Quality
16 4 (0.22%) PSD2
17 3 (0.16%) IFRS
17 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 545 (29.44%) Docker
2 22 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.22%) Firmware
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 577 (31.17%) Kubernetes
2 348 (18.80%) Terraform
3 106 (5.73%) Ansible
4 98 (5.29%) Grafana
5 57 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.35%) Argo
7 19 (1.03%) Kibana
8 18 (0.97%) Puppet
9 13 (0.70%) Cilium
10 12 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.43%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.22%) Packer
12 4 (0.22%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.16%) Rancher
14 2 (0.11%) Istio
14 2 (0.11%) MIIS
14 2 (0.11%) Nagios
14 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
15 1 (0.054%) logstash
Vendors
1 294 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.32%) Google
3 57 (3.08%) Oracle
4 45 (2.43%) Typelevel
5 35 (1.89%) OpenAI
6 28 (1.51%) Splunk
7 26 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.03%) AppDynamics
9 18 (0.97%) IBM
10 17 (0.92%) Databricks
11 14 (0.76%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.70%) Adobe
12 13 (0.70%) SendGrid
13 12 (0.65%) OneLogin
14 10 (0.54%) Salesforce
14 10 (0.54%) SAP
14 10 (0.54%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.43%) Cisco
15 8 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (0.38%) HubSpot